1955–56 French Division 1

18th season of French Division 1 Division Nationale 1955–56 Nice LilleBordeauxAS Troyes-Savinienne European Cup Nice 1954–55 1956–57 OGC Nice won Division 1 season 1955/1956 of the French Association Football League with 43 points. Participating teams Bordeaux RC Lens Lille OSC Olympique Lyonnais Olympique de Marseille FC Metz AS Monaco FC Nancy OGC Nice Nîmes Olympique RC Paris Stade de Reims AS Saint-Etienne UA Sedan-Torcy FC Sochaux-Montbéliard RC Strasbourg Toulouse FC AS Troyes-Savinienne France 350 right Location of teams in 1955–56 Division 1 France 44.896944 -0.563333 Bordeaux left France 50.43285 2.814853 Lens       bottom France 50.621137 3.157519 Lille right France 45.723778 4.93225 Lyon top France 43.269806 5.395922 Marseille bottom France 49.0713 6.1040 Metz right France 43.727606 7.415614 AS Monaco right France 48.6955 6.210687 Nancy right France 43.683328 7.25875 Nice bottom France 43.8377777 4.36083333 Nîmes right France 48.929444 2.248056 RC Paris left France 49.246389 4.025 Reims bottom France 45.460767 4.390117 St. Étienne left France 49.7025 4.9411 Sedan right France 47.512417 6.8112 Sochaux left France 48.58 7.75 Strasbourg bottom France 43.583314 1.434047 Toulouse bottom France 48.307561 4.098458 Troyes bottom Final table main WDL QR 2 y NIC Nice RCL Lens ASM Monaco STE Saint-Étienne OM Marseille RCP Racing Paris TFC Toulouse OL Lyon SED Sedan REI Reims SOC Sochaux FCN Nancy NMS Nîmes RCS Strasbourg MET Metz LIL Lille BOR Bordeaux TRO Troyes-Savinienne 18 7 9 60 43 C 19 4 11 65 49 17 7 10 63 45 15 11 8 68 53 16 8 10 55 49 17 5 12 74 58 14 10 10 51 46 15 7 12 50 49 14 8 12 53 56 13 8 13 61 50 12 8 14 47 50 13 6 15 51 61 11 9 14 64 56 12 6 16 54 66 11 7 16 49 68 10 4 20 58 65 R 9 6 19 45 69 R 5 9 20 43 78 R green1 Qualification to European Cup preliminary round EC red2 Qualification to relegation play-offs PO red1 Relegation to French Division 2 R R Victory: 2 points, Draw: 1 point, Defeat: 0 points complete Promoted from Division 2, who will play in Division 1 season 1956/1957 Stade Rennais UC:Champion of Division 2 Angers SCO:runner-up US Valenciennes-Anzin: Third place Results main FBR grey BOR RCL LIL OL OM MET ASM FCN NIC NIM RCP REI STE SED SOC RCS TOU TRO Bordeaux 1–2 2–1 2–0 1–0 2–1 0–2 3–3 1–2 2–1 1–4 2–3 4–3 2–1 0–1 3–0 3–4 2–2 Lens 2–0 1–0 1–0 4–0 4–1 1–2 3–2 4–0 3–1 7–3 4–1 2–2 4–0 2–1 1–0 1–0 3–1 Lille 2–1 1–1 4–1 0–3 4–1 2–0 1–2 2–1 3–2 6–1 2–2 0–2 0–1 1–2 4–0 1–2 4–0 Lyon 5–2 0–1 2–1 1–1 2–1 1–1 2–0 2–4 0–0 3–1 2–1 2–1 0–0 3–1 2–0 2–2 3–0 Marseille 3–0 2–2 2–1 5–1 4–0 1–1 1–2 0–0 2–0 1–4 1–0 2–2 2–2 1–0 3–1 3–0 3–0 Metz 1–1 2–3 2–0 1–1 2–3 1–2 2–0 2–0 2–2 1–3 1–1 5–2 3–1 3–1 2–2 1–0 2–1 Monaco 4–2 5–2 2–0 2–1 3–0 4–0 2–2 4–2 1–0 0–0 2–1 2–3 0–2 4–0 0–0 1–0 1–1 Nancy 1–0 1–0 3–1 2–0 1–2 1–3 null 2–0 3–1 2–3 1–4 2–2 4–2 0–1 3–1 1–2 1–0 Nice 2–0 5–2 7–1 2–0 1–2 1–0 1–1 3–0 2–1 2–0 1–0 2–1 3–2 1–2 2–1 1–0 2–0 Nîmes 3–0 3–1 2–0 2–1 1–1 0–0 6–2 6–1 1–1 1–5 2–2 1–1 6–2 1–0 4–0 2–1 5–2 Racing Paris 3–0 0–1 2–1 1–2 4–0 1–2 2–1 3–4 4–2 3–2 2–1 3–0 4–0 2–5 2–2 3–0 1–1 Reims 3–0 3–0 1–1 3–0 1–1 5–2 0–2 1–2 1–3 1–1 2–1 1–2 1–1 3–0 6–2 0–1 2–1 Saint-Étienne 3–0 0–0 4–1 0–1 3–1 5–0 1–0 1–1 3–3 3–1 3–2 3–1 3–2 0–0 3–1 0–0 4–0 Sedan 1–1 1–0 2–1 2–2 2–1 4–2 2–1 1–0 0–1 2–1 3–0 1–1 3–0 2–1 5–2 1–1 1–3 Sochaux 2–4 3–1 3–3 1–2 3–1 0–1 3–1 0–0 0–0 1–0 1–1 4–3 2–3 0–2 2–2 0–0 5–1 Strasbourg 1–1 1–0 3–1 1–2 5–0 3–1 2–1 4–0 1–0 2–1 1–4 0–1 5–2 3–0 1–0 1–2 2–1 Toulouse FC 2–1 4–2 4–2 2–1 2–3 4–1 3–1 1–0 1–1 2–2 0–0 0–2 2–2 1–1 0–1 4–4 2–1 Troyes-Savinienne 1–1 3–0 1–6 1–3 0–1 1–1 2–5 4–4 2–2 4–2 0–2 2–3 1–1 2–1 1–1 3–0 0–2 The match between Nancy and Marseille was abandoned when the score was 2–4 and was subsequently rated 0–0 as a victory for Marseille. complete Relegation play-offs Valenciennes 6–2 Lille 1–0 1–2 4–0 |} Top goalscorers Rank Player Club Goals1FRA POL Thadée CisowskiRacing Paris312FRA Rachid MekloufiSaint-Étienne213SWE Gunnar AnderssonMarseille20FRA Jacques FoixSaint-Étienne5FRA René BliardReims196AUT Ernst StojaspalStrasbourg187FRA Roger PiantoniNancy17MAR Hassan AkesbiNîmes9SWE Egon JonssonLens16ARG Raúl ContiMonaco OGC Nice Winning Squad 1955-'56 Goal FRA Dominique Colonna FRA Henri Hairabedian Defence FRA Gilbert Bonvin FRA Rémy Fronzoni ARG César Hector Gonzales FRA Alphonse Martinez ITA Aleardo Nani FRA Guy Poitevin Midfield BRA José Carlos Brandaozinho FRA Jean Luciano FRA François Milazzo Attack FRA Jean-Pierre Alba MAR Mohammed Abderrazak ARG Ruben Bravo FRA Robert Brun FRA Just Fontaine LUX Victor Nuremberg FRA Joseph Ujlaki Management ARG Luis Carniglia (Coach) http://www.ogcnice.com/histoire/champions_1956.php OGC Nice official site 2008-03-16 https://web.archive.org/web/20110726202829/http://www.ogcnice.com/histoire/champions_1956.php 2011-07-26 dead Attendances # Club Average 1 Racing 19,687 2 Marseille 17,026 3 Nice 14,265 4 Olympique lyonnais 13,443 5 Strasbourg 12,182 6 Lens 12,116 7 Girondins 11,862 8 Saint-Étienne 10,882 9 Lille 10,510 10 Toulouse 9,533 11 Metz 8,567 12 Nancy 8,236 13 Nîmes 8,199 14 Sedan 8,071 15 Reims 8,057 16 Sochaux 7,129 17 ASTS 5,155 18 Monaco 4,326Source:https://www.european-football-statistics.co.uk/attn/archive/fra/avefra1956.htm Historical attendances European-football-statistics.co.uk September 11, 2026 References External links Division 1 season 1955-1956 at Pari-et-gagne.com 1955–56 1 France